# Collaborating Consortium of Cohorts Producing NIDA Opportunities (C3PNO)

> **NIH NIH U24** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · 2020 · $954,095

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
In response to RFA-DA-17-019 we propose to establish a Coordinating Center for the NIDA Cohorts entitled
“C3NPO” *
to manage and stimulate use of the data generated
to address high priority research on HIV/AIDS
in the context of substance abuse. Our focus is cutting-edge science powered by the cohorts' combined
sample size of approximately 12,500 participants. We bring together a team of researchers with global
leadership in substance use, HIV prevention, clinical science and co-morbidities, immunology, modeling, and
bioethics to work with NIDA program scientists to stimulate the highest impact science across NIDA-funded
cohorts that have compiled unique repositories of varied and rich data. Our proposal uniquely combines
academic and professional research management expertise that will stimulate, manage, and support scientific
collaboration. We will enable internal and external investigators to cultivate the data from these cohorts in new
and innovative scientific directions. Our bioinformatics capacity is uniquely strong in the area of specimen
management, having developed the industry gold standard software that will greatly facilitate sharing of
specimens across the cohorts. Our leadership bridges NIDA's interests with the perspectives and concerns of
the cohorts by having a cohort PI/research scientist (Pamina Gorbach, University of California, Los Angeles)
partnered with an experienced HIV network bioinformatics management leader (Suzanne Siminski, Frontier
Science & Technology Research Foundation (FSTRF). We will leverage other funded research initiatives
though our External Scientific Advisory Board (ESAB) such as NIDA-supported efforts to harmonize measures
for substance use research and combine that with data linking strategies. We have the endorsement of all
cohort PIs that Consortium leadership is best led from another cohort PI to enhance team science and support
for our team as the leaders. The collaborative character of this proposing team offers the potential for new
developments in bioinformatics techniques that allow integration of diverse and ever more massive sets of
behavioral, clinical, and laboratory data for use by cohort and outside researchers. Thus, our proposal will
address NIDA's 2016-2020 Strategic Plan priority focus areas and cross-cutting themes
(https://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/2016-2020-nida-strategic-plan) by leveraging technology, driving
innovation, promoting collaboration, and encouraging data and resource sharing. The strategy will develop
infrastructure that allows cross-disciplinary, large-scale analyses leading to the highest impact HIV science on
substance use.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9876938
- **Project number:** 5U24DA044554-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
- **Principal Investigator:** Pamina Mae Gorbach
- **Activity code:** U24 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $954,095
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-05-01 → 2022-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9876938

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9876938, Collaborating Consortium of Cohorts Producing NIDA Opportunities (C3PNO) (5U24DA044554-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9876938. Licensed CC0.

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